William Hall-Jones

Sir William Hall -Jones ( born January 16, 1851 in Folkestone, Kent, † June 19, 1936 ) was a New Zealand politician and from 10 June to 10 August 1906 briefly Prime Minister of New Zealand.

Hall -Jones was born in 1851 in Folkestone in the English county of Kent. He came in 1873 to Dunedin in New Zealand and took the profession of a carpenter and later became a builder in Timaru. In August 1890, he was elected to represent the electoral district of Timaru in the House of Representatives. This seat he held until his retirement in 1908. He ran as an independent candidate and had moderately advanced views that put him in the near John Ballance, George Grey and John McKenzie.

Hall -Jones was a cabinet minister in 1896. During the stay of Australia Richard Seddon 1906 he was acting prime minister. As Seddon died unexpectedly on the return trip, made ​​Hall -Jones after his funeral an interim government. However, he announced that he would stay only until the return of designated new Prime Minister Joseph Ward from abroad in office.

In the following governments Ward as premier he took over the portfolio minister for railways and public works. In December 1908, he was followed by William Pember Reeves in London after the High Commissioner for New Zealand. At the end of the term of office in 1912, he returned to New Zealand and was appointed by Massey as member of the Legislative Council.

Honors

• Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George